Day 22: Misfortune
I awoke to an unfamiliar ceiling. I was still alive. In my arm was an IV drip. I looked around the room, standing at the bed's end was a doctor. He was wearing white. "You're awake." he said.
"Yeah." I muttered.
"I was quite surprised, to find Nugai in front of this hospital. What happened?"
"I was stabbed by the Reaper." I muttered.
"Consider yourself lucky to be alive." He said walking away. "We've all ready contacted the other Smashers, they are on their way here."
Damn it, that's all they are going to remember me by. Just constantly being in a hospital bed...
I lied there in the bed for about half an hour. Suddenly there was a knocking at the door. "Mr. Nugai, you have visitors." A nurse said.
"Send them in."
I heard the nurse mentioning that only two people at a time could enter into the room. The first two were Ness and Lucas. "Hey." I said.
"You look like shit." Those were the first words out of Ness' mouth. I cringed.
"Gee thanks."
"Don't worry, Dr. Mario is working on the paperwork to get you transferred." Ness added on. "I can't imagine the food here tastes all that good." Ness was clearly nervous. I could gather that he didn't like hospitals; every word he spoke seemed to have urgency to it, as though he didn't think what he was saying through, and that he wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.
Lucas also seemed like he didn't want to be here. Several times he opened his mouth as to speak, but no words came out. I could only guess that he was beating himself up over what happened to me, deep down in his mind he was probably thinking that it was his fault that I went and confronted the Reaper, even though he had absolutely nothing to do with it.
The air was awkward. I didn't think I would be able to handle much more silence. "If you aren't going to say anything, get out so someone else can go in!" A frustrated Link shouted. I silently thanked Link.
"Who all came here?" I asked.
"Well, Link, Snake, Red, Meta Knight, Marth, Dr. Mario and us." Lucas nervously replied.
"Crap, no Mewtwo... I thought he would enjoy watching me writhe in pain." I sighed. "Ness, I want you to go out and send Red in."
Ness seemed happy to oblige. A few seconds later Red came in. He looked at me rather nervously, wondering why I had called him. "Red. Tell me, what do you know about Dialga and Palkia?" I asked.
Red seemed shocked by the question. "Dialga is the Pokemon with dominion over time, and Palkia is the Pokemon with dominion over space. Why?"
Nothing I didn't all ready know, but at least it was nice to have a confirmation.
"I think I've figured out how to defeat the Reaper." I said. Immediately everyone else quickly barged into the room.
"What? How?" Snake asked.
A rather frustrated nurse just came in. "All of you out now!" She snapped.
"It's all right Angie." A voice said. Walking into the room was the doctor who was treating me, and Dr. Mario. "My good friend here has explained the situation, and we will be transferring him to his care."
"If you insist Dr. Stiles." Angie said.
"Okay, so how can we beat the Reaper?" Snake asked.
"Well, I really don't know how to beat him, but I do know his goals now..." I replied. Everyone just looked disappointed.
"Well, let's just get him back to the Smash Mansion, he can explain it to us when everyone is there." Snake growled.
I looked up at Dr. Stiles. "Could I just talk with the doctor for a few minutes before we leave."
Everyone looked at me rather surprised. "I don't see the harm in that." Dr. Mario said.
They left me alone with Dr. Stiles; he looked a bit confused as to why I wanted to talk to him. I just sat there rather relived that I could talk to him. "Can I just ask you a few questions."
"Sure."
"It's probably about a subject that you don't want to talk about." I said. "It's about the Reaper."
He cringed.
"You were the one who saved his life here." I said. "He appeared in front of the hospital just like I did, and you operated and saved him."
"Yes." Dr. Stiles said. "That's correct. Of course, that was before he was the Reaper."
"Would you still save him now?"
"It's my job as a doctor to save lives. Despite what he's done, I would still try to save his life."
"Can I ask why?" I asked. "Is there another reason besides just being a surgeon and that's your job?" I asked.
He let off a heavy sigh. "Well, there is a bunch of reasons. I don't know if they are what you are looking for."
"Anything is fine really." I replied. "Right now, I'm confused, I just don't know what to do. How I should move forwards, so I wanted guidance."
"When I was young, I decided to become a doctor, and that I would do whatever was in my power to save all of the lives possible. Despite all that he's done, he is still a human being. Then again it might be crueler for him to live and own up to what he has done, than to just die."
I sat there. "Cruel mercy huh." I muttered.
"In the days he was recovering, he seemed confident that someone would be coming to get him, but as time passed he became a bit more frustrated."
"He went to the Smashers, right?"
"Yeah," Dr. Stiles said. "At the time, Dr. Mario came to get him, and put him in the Smash HQ. I don't exactly know what happened there, but as you saw, it didn't end well."
I nodded. He was really waiting for me on this side. "Thanks doctor." I said.
Within a few minutes I was discharged from the hospital and on a ship heading back to the Smash Mansion. As soon as we landed, the others just began to escort me down somewhere else. A room that didn't look all that different from a college class room. Several levels with a bunch of chairs, and then a table, arranged so that they were all looking down at a single point where someone would present something.
In this case, there was a single chair there, and I was told to sit down in it. All of the other Smashers were slowly walking through the door and sitting in the seats. Or in the case of Pichu, Kirby, Pikachu, and Jigglypuff, just on the table.
There was also a giant wooden table behind the seat that I was sitting at. Master Hand and Crazy Hand were floating there.
With all of the Smashers gathered, Master Hand started the meeting. "All right Nugai, please tell us what the Reaper's plan is."
I was actually shocked. They just jumped right into it, no "Hey, welcome back." No jokes about how I should stay away from knives. Just tell us the details.
It took me a few seconds to actually mentally prepare myself.
"Hurry up!" Wario shouted rather impatient.
I seized up. Several others saw this and just glared at Wario. "Hey, he's having a hard time." Pichu shouted back.
"He just got out of the hospital!" Ness said. "Cut him some slack! He didn't have any time to prepare!"
"Ness is right." I said. "I need to collect all my thoughts." I began to take deep breaths to calm myself down. But it wasn't helping. It just made me more self aware that as I just sat there, all eyes were on me, piercing through me. I was slightly relieved that they could no longer read my mind, so I could answer everything at my own pace. I closed my eyes, and blocked them all out. I just imagined that I was alone in front of a mirror, and ran through the details in my mind.
Eventually I was ready.
"It's called Project Fantasia." I began. "In theory, Project Fantasia is supposed to fuse together both the real world where I come from and this world."
"That is absolutely stupid, who ever thought about a plan like that?" Wolf growled.
"You're looking at him." I replied.
The Smashers all looked at me rather confused. "What?" they said flatly.
"It's a long story." I said, hoping that they wouldn't press further.
"We have all day." Fox added in.
I sighed, hoping I would lose my voice really quickly. "Okay. However, I apologize for any plot holes, as I only know so much and I'm still waiting to regain my memory to fill in the rest of the holes. In the real world, the Reaper and I knew each other, and we were best friends. One day, several years ago I found out how to enter into this world. One day, I brought him into this world, and he also gained the ability to travel through the two worlds at will. Afraid of growing up and stop having fun we decided that we would find a way to fuse the two worlds. We called that Project Fantasia. However we couldn't figure out the exact specifics of how it would be possible. What I know is I somehow forgot about this world. And there was an accident killing the Reaper in my world, however, he escaped to this world to save his life. He also somehow captured Dialga and Palkia, and used Palkia to bring me in here. And that's how we got here today."
They continued to stare at me. Each of them rather shocked at this.
"So, in a sense you masterminded the whole entire Reaper plan." Snake growled, reaching for a hidden weapon. Marth however drew his sword and placed it right by Snake's neck.
"Let's hear him out." Marth calmly said.
"To be honest, in a way, I was the mastermind behind the Reaper, yes." I replied. "Project Fantasia was originally my idea. However, we were young and stupid back then. Back then we were ignorant, not knowing the way the worlds worked. Back then we thought the impossible was indeed possible."
I wondered if all of the Smashers would hate me now. They probably did, and were just tolerating my presence. Ness and Lucas were nervously shifting around, as though they didn't want to be here. Several other Smashers were also showing off nervous traits. I figured I might as well continue. "All I know about the current incarnation of Project Fantasia is that he plans on using Palkia to merge the worlds. If he screws up and destroys both worlds he will just use Dialga to rewind time to try again."
"This is insane." Falco said.
"And, I think he knows it's going to work." I said. "As unfortunately, I'm living proof that it's possible. That is how I came to this world. He used Dialga to teleport me."
Everyone nodded. "So, do you intend to stop the Reaper, or are you still going to go with Project Fantasia?" Mario asked.
"I am going to stop the Reaper." I replied. "I believe that Project Fantasia should never become a reality."
I hoped that it sounded sincere enough. Everyone was watching over me, making sure I didn't do any sudden movements.
"Thank you, please step outside then." Master Hand said. I was escorted out of the room by Link. He just left me in front of the door.
"Stay right here if you know what's good for you." Link said.
He walked into the room and the door closed. I pressed my ear against the door to try and figure out what was now going on in there, However the room was sound proof. I just sat down on the ground and tried to figure out how to stop Project Fantasia.
Did we always give everything stupid little names like that?
I leaned my back against the wall. I tried to use aura to see what was going on in there, but it appeared to be blocked by some mysterious force. Perhaps due to all that happened to me, I dozed off.
It was that night once again, November 18th, 2006. "So, besides Mother 3, what else have you played in Japanese?"
"Well, the fourth Generation of Pokemon, I've imported." I replied.
He let off a laugh. "Geeze man, you never change."
"When was the last time you played?" I wondered.
"Gold/Silver." He replied.
I just nodded. "Well, this generation is called Diamond and Pearl. The plot is the Galaxy Gang, or Ginga-dan, probably going to be translated as Team Galaxy."
"Team Galaxy?!" He said, with his eyes rolling.
"Yeah." I replied.
"That sounds so amazingly corny. What were the previous games?"
"Ruby and Sapphire. The teams there were Team Magma, and team Aqua." I explained.
"And what is Team Galaxy's evil plot?" He wondered.
"Well, it's the same in both versions." I said. "Basically they are going for the legendary Pokemon Dialga and Palkia depending on the version. Dialga has the ability over time, while Palkia has dominion over space. They need the legendary pokemon to remake the universe."
"Well, that suddenly escalated." He laughed. "It certainly has changed from the animal abuser rockets of our youths."
I just sat there. "Indeed."
"Still, a Pokemon that can control space itself? Don't you think that's a little broken? In theory couldn't it just never have an attack hit it? Shouldn't all attacks just be able to phase through it, or miss him completely?"
"In theory, I guess." I replied. "Though I don't think it's actually that strong in the game."
"Well of course it wouldn't be." He said. "But hypothetically speaking, don't you think that Palkia could be able to do that?"
"Sure." I shrugged.
"Tell me, do you think Palkia might also be able to cross over?" He asked.
My eyes just flared open. I looked around, seeing if anyone else was paying any attention. A few other people were absorbed in their own conversations, while another had an MP3 player and was listening to it. "Can I talk to you over there?" I just asked, pointing at the other side of the parking lot.
He nodded.
We both walked over to the other side. I glanced back to see a few people just looking at us rather confused. "Have you told anyone?"
"No." The reaper said.
"Listen… I need to tell you something." I began to stammer out. I don't know why, but I was absolutely terrified. I was looking for the words that I wanted to use, hoping that they would just magically appear in my mind. As a spectator, I was hoping that what I was trying to say, that this dream or memory, or whatever it was, would actually reveal everything.
"I won't go back in." the words eventually escaped my mouth.
He stared at me rather shocked. "What?" He said.
"I won't go back in." I replied. "Something happened."
He grabbed my shoulders. "What?!" He shouted. "Tell me!" He had no regards to if people were eavesdropping. "What happened?"
He was frantic. Both of us wanted to know the answer. "Please, tell me what happened? Are you hurt? Was it them?"
I was suddenly woken up by the door opening behind me. I didn't respond and just closed my eyes, trying to get back to sleep to finish the dream and get some answers. "Nugai!" a voice said. It was Lucas'.
Lucas began to shake me. I looked at him, still half asleep. "Everyone wants to see you in there." He said.
I could feel my heart pounding. Slowly I got up and walked into the room. Eyes were piercing me.
"Nugai, we have voted and decided your fate." Master Hand said.
Can you try to sound not so menacing?
I just nodded
"After much debate we have decided what is going to happen. You will accept our judgment. There will be no objections."
For the love of crap just say what you're going to do...
"Now, I want you to know that it was very hard to come to this choice. We all voted, and it was extremely close."
"Can you please get to the verdict?" I sad slightly annoyed. "None of this beating around the bush."
"Of course." Master Hand replied. "We have decided to keep you with the Smashers. You will work to stop the Reaper and Project Fantasia. Is that clear?"
I breathed a heavy sigh of relief. "Yes." I replied. I was overjoyed. I looked at the Smashers. A few were scowling. I wondered who voted against me staying in the Smashers, but ultimately decided that that was irrelevant.
"You will also be under constant guard." Master Hand continued. "If at any time, even as a joke, you say that you are going to go to the Reaper, the Smasher that is with you will eliminate you."
For the love of crap, at least say 'kill'!
"I understand." I replied. I knew I had no intention of helping the Reaper. "So, who's going to watch over me first?"
They all grumbled something. I figured they hadn't thought that far ahead yet.
"I'll do it." Lucas volunteered. Several Smashers seemed to breath a sigh of relief. The room quickly emptied out. And Lucas just stood beside me.
"Why did you volunteer?" I asked.
"Because you're my friend." Lucas replied.
Was that the only reason?
"Thanks Lucas."
So, for the rest of the day, Lucas had to be by my side. He tried to talk to some of the kid Smashers, but they were hesitant on being with both of us. I couldn't really blame them.
"Well, since we have nothing better to do, we can have a brawl." I suggested.
Lucas nodded.
We made our way to the fighting room inside of the mansion. Captain Falcon and Samus were there, however as soon as they saw us they both quickly left the room.
"For the love of crap!" I shouted. "I didn't say I was working with the Reaper, I just said that Project Fantasia was my idea! Why the hell are you all being so distant!"
I just sat down on a bench. Lucas sat down beside me. "You said that the Reaper was dead in your world."
"Yeah." I replied.
He just looked down at the ground. "Very few Smashers know what losing someone feels like." He said. I couldn't help but wonder if this was part of the reason why he was watching over me. "Tell me, if you could revive him in your world, without using Project Fantasia, would you do it?"
I wanted to know if this was a test.
"Under the condition if I could stop the accident, and make sure that he never came into this world in the first place." I replied.
He nodded. Was it a good answer? A bad one? I didn't know. Lucas then went over to a computer and began to type in some match settings. "Okay, everything is set. I doubt we're going to have anyone else want to join us."
We were teleported to Castle Siege. We exchanged blows. Lucas wasn't holding anything back. But soon, before either of us had knocked out either one, a voice shouted out. "TIME UP!"
We were teleported back into the other room. Lucas just looked at the ground rather embarrassed. "I forgot to change it from stock to time!" He said.
"It's fine." I managed to say. "I was able to get my mind off of a few things."
"Okay!" Lucas said. "Well, I had some fun." His stomach began to growl. Both of us laughed.
"Well, how about I make some dinner."
"You can cook?" Lucas said rather shocked.
"Yeah."
We went into the kitchen. Being a surprise to absolutely no one, it was empty. I began to rummage through the fridge, grabbing various vegetables and some beef. I began to cut up the vegetables.
"Do you know how to cook Lucas?" I asked.
"Sort of." Lucas replied. "Since my mother died, I took care of cooking food in our house."
"It must of been hard, losing your mother." I said.
"Yeah."
I began to cook the various vegetables and the beef, putting in some soy sauce. During this I also put on some rice. When it was done I handed Lucas some food. "Well eat up." I said.
We both sat down at the table. Several other Smashers glanced into the room to see what smelled so good, however after they saw me they quickly left. I guessed that they thought that the food was poisoned. When Lucas was done we got up and washed the dishes. I looked at the leftover food. It felt like such a waste. "Are you full?" I asked.
"Yeah." Lucas replied.
"I don't want to throw out that food." I said. "It feels like such a big waste."
Lucas nodded in agreement. "I'm sure someone will eat it though." I hoped so, just as long as they didn't know I made it. We walked away. "So, due to having to watch you, I was wondering would you rather be in my room, or your room?"
Come to think of it, my bed and dresser and everything was finally placed in the Smash Mansion. I guess I could finally sleep in my own bed. My own comfy warm bed. "My room." I replied.
"Okay, can we just go to my room for a few minutes to get some stuff?" Lucas asked.
"Sure!" I replied.
After all, it isn't like he is going to get a knife to stab me during my sleep, to give a mercy kill since we were friends. Or what if he was? Oh crap! No, I'm over thinking this!
We walked to Lucas' room. I made sure to actually enter in and help him gather stuff so that my paranoia didn't get the better of me. "You can wait outside." Lucas said.
"I'm sure the other Smashers wouldn't want me out of your eyesight." I quickly replied.
"Okay." Lucas replied. "That's fair enough."
We walked into his room. It was simple, just having the necessities. A bed, a dresser, and a few photographs on the walls. The photo's just featured him, with his family and dog. Sleeping on his bed was Chocolate. I stared rather shocked at the cat. "How do you get around? Can you pass through walls?"
Chocolate glanced at me, with a look that said 'oh, right you...' and then promptly went back to sleep on Lucas' bed.
"He was in my room when the rooms were moved here." Lucas replied. "Ness told me that Master Hand moved everyone's rooms into their rooms here through some manipulation of space."
"I see." I replied.
Lucas began to gather his clothing items into a bag. I just looked at the framed photos of him with his brother. "Do you miss your brother?" I asked.
"Yes." Lucas replied.
"Was there another reason why you volunteered to watch over me today?" I asked.
"I feel sorry for you." Lucas replied. "It's clear that you and the Reaper were good friends. And, I won't blame you if you decide to turn against the Smashers." I turned around to make sure I was still in the same room with Lucas. "I can relate. There was a time where I would have done anything to get both my mother and Claus back to life. I know there is no way, but if there is a chance that the Reaper could come alive in your world, would you take it?"
I was a bit shocked. He pretty much asked the same question once again. I could imagine that people were listening in, that this room or Lucas was bugged, and Lucas didn't actually volunteer as he was chosen as a person I trusted the most and was constantly letting my guard down around. It was probably a good idea to tread cautiously.
"As I am right now, I barely remember the Reaper." I replied. "It is the fate of all things to one day die. Myself, Chocolate, you, and the Reaper, one day we will all expire. As he is right now, I don't want to revive him. In this world he has slaughtered people who are alive. He isn't the person who I remember."
"And what about Project Fantasia?" Lucas asked. "What about that?"
"If our worlds do merge, it will cause too much chaos." I replied. "But at the same time, it might be beneficial. Diseases that have no cure in my world may have a cure here. But the new technology brought on by the worlds fusing could lead to death and destruction. An arms race could start, ending in war. We were young and naive back then when we thought about Project Fantasia. Everything seemed two dimensional. Everything was black and white…"
Lucas had finished packing. He went over to Chocolate and scratched him on the head. He picked up Chocolate and we walked out of his room.
We eventually got back to mine. I opened the door, and it was just like it was back at the Smash HQ, complete with the mini kitchen. Lucas just rushed in and looked around.
I walked over to my bed and collapsed. I had forgotten what a comfortable bed felt like.
No more sofas or hospital beds for me please!
I could go to sleep right now...
"What are we going to do now?" Lucas asked.
"I want to sleep." I replied. "You have no idea how happy I am to have my own bed right now..."
Chocolate proceeded to jump on my bed and then rush over to me. He then began to try and fluff my stomach. Lucas just laughed. After he had fluffed my stomach an adequate amount, Chocolate curled up into a small ball and lied there. I realized that any movement right now would result in his back claws digging into my skin. "I can't move." I said. Lucas let off a bit of nervous laughter, I guessed he experienced moving when Chocolate has declared that he is using you as a bed. "You can watch TV." I said pointing towards a controller.
Lucas grabbed the remote and turned on my TV. However, he was greeted with a blue screen. "Nugai, what's that white box?" Lucas asked.
I looked up and saw the white box beside the TV. Lucas went over and pressed the power button. The health and safety warning came on the screen. "Get one of the white remotes." I said.
Lucas got a white remote and pressed a button. A few moments later the Wii had entered into the main menu. Lucas looked at each of the small windows. "Point the remote at the screen." Lucas followed my instructions. He was suddenly memorized.
"This is amazing!" Lucas said. "I've never seen anything like this!"
I realized that I should have stopped Lucas. I realized that I was about to open a giant Pandora's Box. And yet, I continued down this path. "Go to the top left box." I said. He did so. "Now press A." He followed the order perfectly, the screen enlarged and a deafening blast came out. Lucas jumped back, however he just began to read the words.
"What's Super Smash Bros. Brawl?" He asked.
"Push start, and you'll find out." I replied.
Lucas did just that.
Start up, safety screen, online interactions not rated by ESRB, loading screen, loading screen, loading screen.. Blah, blah, blah... Do I normally have the patience for these things?
The opening cinematic began. Lucas looked at it confused, he was trying to figure out what had just happened. He thought he had seen himself and a bunch of other Smashers on a cliff side. The logo however appeared. He glanced at me and then back at the TV. Mario had appeared on the TV, followed by Link holding out the Master Sword. Kirby came next, and then Pit surrounded by strange creatures. Peach and Zelda, Meta Knight, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.
I could sense that he wanted to ask so many different questions right now.
Up next was Fox, followed by King Dedede, Sheik, Final Destination with himself, Bowser and Samus being launched away by Pikachu's thunder. Ike holstered his sword on his shoulder, and Samus looked at her power armor.
I glanced at Lucas there was a look of terror, and yet at the same time excitement across his face.
Wario jumped down a cliff, and a red pikmin patted Captain Olimar. Yoshi was sleeping on a log. Nana and Popo were jumping up and down. Lucas was on the ground and Ness was in front of him, having brushed away an attack. Red held out a pokeball, while Lucas' finger began to spark.
I now expected the onslaught of questions. He now knew that there was no way that I could deny what he was seeing.
"Why do I look so weird?" That was the first question out of his mouth.
I shot up so fast that Chocolate didn't even have time to dig his claws into me. He certainly wasn't a happy kitty, but tough luck. "That's the first question you have?" I asked dumbstruck. I hoped that he just couldn't take in so much information all at once and that was just the first thing that came to mind.
"Yeah." Lucas replied. "I mean, my head is as big as my torso. My proportions are all wrong! Everyone looks weird!"
I avoided telling him that was how I perceived him the first little while I was here, until he magically gained more human proportions.
I grabbed a gamecube controller and plugged it into the first slot. "In my world, this is what your fights look like." I explained. "You're characters from a video game. In this world, this would probably be a licensed video game of your fights."
Lucas nodded. He went over to his own icon and selected himself. I looked at the default characters. I didn't know which one to fight with. I decided that perhaps a mirror match would be best. I went over to Lucas' square and placed my cursor on it.
He stared at my icon confused. I was in an alternate color, one that looked like his twin brother Claus.
"I'm sorry Lucas." I quickly said moving to a different character. This time Pikachu.
"No, it's okay." Lucas said. He was beginning to cry. I just patted him on the back; it was the only way of comforting him I could think of. We played a few rounds, it took Lucas a while to learn the controls, but he was actually pretty decent. At times I was wondering if he was reading my mind in order to get in a few hits.
After a few matches Lucas began to yawn. I followed suit. "Don't do that." I said while yawning. "You have no idea how tired that makes me."
Lucas laughed. "Well, I think I'm done for tonight. You probably should get to sleep too."
"Yeah, it's been a rather long day for me." I laughed.
From his bag, Lucas pulled out some pajamas. He went into the washroom to change. I just quickly changed in the room to some pajama pants and what appeared to be a rather raggedy t-shirt. Lucas came out of the washroom wearing a pair of blue and white striped pajamas. I quickly went in and brushed my teeth. Lucas also followed suit. After I had finished, I collapsed on my bed.
Lucas followed. "Oh, no, you're not sleeping on my bed!" I said.
"Is it because I had an accident back when you were sleeping in Ness' room?" Lucas asked.
Yes!
"No!" I replied. "This is just my bed, it's for me and me only. Only Chocolate and I can sleep on the bed."
"Then where can I sleep?" Lucas asked.
"The floor." I suggested.
Lucas just looked at the floor. It was actually just a hardwood floor, there was no carpet. He tried to lie down, however it was uncomfortable. "I don't have a blanket." Lucas said.
I just threw the big comfy top cover to him. He lied there for a few minutes, doing his best to stay silent. However, it became apparent that he wasn't very comfortable and wasn't going to be falling asleep any time soon. "Hey, Nugai." Lucas said.
I just cringed. I was so close to falling asleep. "What?"
"This floor is really uncomfortable, can I please sleep in that bed."
"No." I replied.
"Its cold and hard. I don't want to be down here."
"This is my bed, you're not getting it. I've had to suffer too much these past few days, I'm going to enjoy my nice, warm, comfy bed! And that's final!" I said. "I told you the only other person allowed on my bed is Chocolate!"
"But I was sitting on it when we were playing those games!"
"That's different, you're not sleeping in my bed!" I snapped. "If you do, you're going to regret it!"
I closed my eyes, and drifted to sleep, hoping that my message got across to Lucas, and that I would revisit that other dream.
Worst typo this chapter: stripped instead of striped.
I have no idea if this actually means I'm going to have some semblance of a schedule and actually start updating again...